{"id":76183,"date":"2023-06-14T19:45:16","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T19:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/14\/chris-hughton-refuses-to-promise-win-against\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T19:45:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T19:45:16","slug":"chris-hughton-refuses-to-promise-win-against","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/14\/chris-hughton-refuses-to-promise-win-against\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Hughton refuses to promise win against"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/FyiTkLTWcAUdY2m.jpg\"   alt=\"Chris Hughton\" title=\"Chris Hughton\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Hughton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ghana coach,\u00a0Chris Hughton, says he cannot guarantee a win\u00a0against\u00a0Madagascar in the matchday five games of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>The four-time African champions travel away from home to face Madagascar\u00a0on Sunday, June 18.<\/p>\n<p>A win for the team will secure them a place in the upcoming tournament that is scheduled to be hosted in Ivory Coast next year.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>However, Hughton, speaking to the press on Tuesday after the training session at the Accra Sports Stadium, said\u00a0there is no assurance that Ghana will get all three points but the team will be there to fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith regards to getting results in Madagascar, I can\u2019t promise anything. There isn\u2019t one coach that will sit here and promise that they would get results in the next game. Not one,\u201d the former Premier League manager said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only thing I can promise you is that we will have a team that will be determined to do that. We will have a coaching staff and a head coach that is determined to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 64-year-old\u00a0added that everyone is aware of the importance of beating Madagascar but the opposition must also not be undermined.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know the value of a win against Madagascar. We know what that means. But we also know that we can\u2019t take them for granted,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith regards to small and easy games, there are none [like that]. Every country is trying to improve what they have. In every country, when you look at the individual players now playing in better leagues and that means the challenge is bigger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we will have a team that will give their everything to get the results that we want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars return to training at the Accra Sports Stadium on Wednesday, June 14, behind closed doors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"1V474b4lkIo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Following a 42-year separation, a Gonja woman seeks to reunite with her Akan father - Obra.\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1V474b4lkIo?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Hughton Ghana coach,\u00a0Chris Hughton, says he cannot guarantee a win\u00a0against\u00a0Madagascar in the matchday five games of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers. The four-time African champions travel away from home to face Madagascar\u00a0on Sunday, June 18. A win for the team will secure them a place in the upcoming tournament that is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":76184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chris Hughton refuses to promise win against - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/14\/chris-hughton-refuses-to-promise-win-against\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chris Hughton refuses to promise win against - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chris Hughton Ghana coach,\u00a0Chris Hughton, says he cannot guarantee a win\u00a0against\u00a0Madagascar in the matchday five games of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers. The four-time African champions travel away from home to face Madagascar\u00a0on Sunday, June 18. A win for the team will secure them a place in the upcoming tournament that is [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/14\/chris-hughton-refuses-to-promise-win-against\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-14T19:45:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/FyiTkLTWcAUdY2m.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"680\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"453\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/14\/chris-hughton-refuses-to-promise-win-against\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/14\/chris-hughton-refuses-to-promise-win-against\/\",\"name\":\"Chris Hughton refuses to promise win against - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/14\/chris-hughton-refuses-to-promise-win-against\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/14\/chris-hughton-refuses-to-promise-win-against\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/FyiTkLTWcAUdY2m.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-14T19:45:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-14T19:45:16+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/14\/chris-hughton-refuses-to-promise-win-against\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/14\/chris-hughton-refuses-to-promise-win-against\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/14\/chris-hughton-refuses-to-promise-win-against\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/FyiTkLTWcAUdY2m.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/FyiTkLTWcAUdY2m.jpg\",\"width\":680,\"height\":453},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/14\/chris-hughton-refuses-to-promise-win-against\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Chris Hughton refuses to promise win against\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/author\/ghanamma\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Chris Hughton refuses to promise win against - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/14\/chris-hughton-refuses-to-promise-win-against\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Chris Hughton refuses to promise win against - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"Chris Hughton Ghana coach,\u00a0Chris Hughton, says he cannot guarantee a win\u00a0against\u00a0Madagascar in the matchday five games of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers. The four-time African champions travel away from home to face Madagascar\u00a0on Sunday, June 18. A win for the team will secure them a place in the upcoming tournament that is [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/14\/chris-hughton-refuses-to-promise-win-against\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2023-06-14T19:45:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":680,"height":453,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/FyiTkLTWcAUdY2m.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/14\/chris-hughton-refuses-to-promise-win-against\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/14\/chris-hughton-refuses-to-promise-win-against\/","name":"Chris Hughton refuses to promise win against - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/14\/chris-hughton-refuses-to-promise-win-against\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/14\/chris-hughton-refuses-to-promise-win-against\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/FyiTkLTWcAUdY2m.jpg","datePublished":"2023-06-14T19:45:16+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-14T19:45:16+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/14\/chris-hughton-refuses-to-promise-win-against\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/14\/chris-hughton-refuses-to-promise-win-against\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/14\/chris-hughton-refuses-to-promise-win-against\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/FyiTkLTWcAUdY2m.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/FyiTkLTWcAUdY2m.jpg","width":680,"height":453},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/14\/chris-hughton-refuses-to-promise-win-against\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Chris Hughton refuses to promise win against"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}